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My wife and I are both retired teachers. I began when I was 19 and continued until I was 59. If parents had behaved like they do now when I first started teaching, I'd've walked out the first day and never gone back. It's just disgusting to see how ignorant people can go into a school and get...

Quote: I completely agree with you. However, people often differ on what is acceptable or not. Suzy What is common sense to you may not be common sense to everybody else. A teacher or school nurse with "common sense " would not have made such a big deal over a little kid having...

Quote: Again, no problem w/home schooled kids if they are skooled..... Earlier ages, I can see an advantage but in middle/HS; it will get tougher--not impossible. I personnally do not want to be knowledgable enough to teach organic chem, physics, calc,etc.. I took them in college and don't...

Kees, while I agree with most of what you say, we have to understand that schools cannot write every conceivable rule for the children to follow. Sometimes it just takes common sense to know that a specific behavior, form of dress, or any myriad of actions that some child can come up with is...

Quote: Quote: When my son grows up I HOPE he says homeschool was like "full-time" recess. I will have done my job. He's 2 full grade levels ahead BTW - and in thrid grade he tested with a ninth grade vocabulary. We have never spent more than 2-3 hours a day on school, funny I bet an...